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... that is just out my window. According to my map, it is called the Black Tower and was part of the first fortifications built around the city in the 13th century. So kind of neat to look out my window and see that! I also walked across the street to Saint Catherine Church, which was an interesting old church and very quiet inside.

I joined the Viva Brussels free walking tour that left the square at 10. It was a small group of people, which made it easy ...

We we walked on, through tantalizing shops and smells (waffles, chocolates, ahhh,) visited "the little squirt" (the Manneken-Pis), and on to the Grand Place. This square is ringed with elaborate buildings--you could be nowhere but Europe! We then went en masse through a street filled with touristy restaurants, where we would have gladly eaten, as it was after 2 pm. The place we ended up was a warren of large and small dining rooms ...

... the station. Couldn't find where the 780 bus loads or where I could buy a ticket. One last said she didn't know and the other said I couldn't buy one. OK. Decided not mess with that, so I found a cab from a trusted company, Meridian, and he quoted me at 50 lei. Seems fair enough.

Got into Ypres at 10.30am, ready for the 11am service, including the 29,759th playing of The Last Post at the Menin Gate. It has been played at 8pm every night since 1928, and the acoustics under the gate certainly gave it an extra dimension.

Found a lunch spot one street out of the centre of town, half chicken and chips for all, then back into Ypres for some last minute chocolate ...

... than have people drinking beer. Every drink has cost at least 5 Euros and more. Cycling improves the buttocks...as proven by the young ladies here with petite derrieres...there was no sign of an Aldi or Lidl supermarket and Poundland was unheard of.

We've stopped off in Antwerp for a few minutes but had my head on the internet which has cost me the equivalent of 10 pound for 3 hours. I'm ...